The stands fell silent.
Black Cat suddenly sprang to its feet and jumped around wildly, shouting, "I hereby declare myself her follower!"
The Blood Elves beside it still looked somewhat dazed. "She won just like that?"
Black Cat stretched out a paw and poked Daychaser, who was equally silent. "Mentor Xunge, wake up."
Daychaser did not bicker with Black Cat. The tension in her mind eased slightly as she said, "Well done."
Blood Elves said, "So what skill was that? That was way too strong. How did it kill her instantly?"
Daychaser did not know either, but she still said, "The wine she makes can sometimes grant insight into very unusual skills. Besides, the ingredients this time were especially extraordinary."
Black Cat said, "Then doesn't that mean she won't be able to fly anymore? What about aerial battlefields?"
Daychaser looked at the relief in her apprentice's eyes and curled her lips. "If she thinks it was worth it, then it was worth it."
Yu Xunge floated within the pillar of light, once again looking down at Maple Sugar standing atop the card.
She had won again.
Crab Crab, Queque, Queque, and Pomelo had not entered the pillar of light, because Yu Xunge had taken the hidden quest route to win the championship. They had nothing to do with it from beginning to end.
Fat Goose looked at his friend within the pillar of light and sighed. "You all dragged me into this."
Mistblade lowered her eyes and laughed softly. "This world was already one enormous lie. There's nothing worth missing."
Fat Goose's eyes shifted toward the corners as he secretly glanced at Mistblade's expression, only to find that her face seemed shrouded in layer after layer of gauze and mist. He felt as though he no longer recognized her.
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